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Importing FileWave OVF (Vmware ESXI)
Step-by-Step Guide 1. Open your vSphere Client software and connect to ESXI. Click “File” and “D...
FileWave Version 13.1.5 (Unsupported)
These downloads are provided for the purposes of migrations and should not continue to be used in...
Importing FileWave VHD (Hyper-V)
FileWave's Hyper-V VMs are usually built using the latest version of Hyper-V, typically the same ...
Importing FileWave OVA (VirtualBox)
Step-by-step guide 1. First, you'll need to download and unzip the virtual appliance from FileW...
Superprefs Fileset
What When you create a Custom Client installer, the FileWave Client preferences are packaged into...
Policy Loops
What A policy loop happens when a Smart Group's criteria are changed by the Fileset or associatio...
Communication
What Communication is one of the controls that keeps a device refresh from turning into a ticket ...
Open Source Software included in FW v16.3.0
FileWave is a device management solution that uses a variety of open source libraries and softwar...
Open Source Software included in FW v16.1.1
FileWave is a device management solution that uses a variety of open source libraries and softwar...
Microsoft Office Deployment for Windows: Office 2019/2021, Office LTSC 2024, and Microsoft 365 Apps
Description Need to deploy Microsoft Office to Windows devices with FileWave? This recipe covers ...
S.U.P.E.R.M.A.N. for macOS Software Updates (macOS Script)
What is S.U.P.E.R.M.A.N.? S.U.P.E.R.M.A.N. (Software Update Policy Enforcement with Recursive Mes...
Microsoft Skype Deployment (macOS App)
Description Microsoft retired Skype in May 2025. Do not use this recipe for new deployments. The ...
FileWave Fileset Types
Filesets in FileWave are content that you want to distribute. They can take several forms, and th...
iOS BYOD User Enrollment Overview
What With Version 14(+) of FileWave, you can now BYOD (bring-your-own-device) enroll a device wit...
Fast Smart Group Evaluation
What Fast Smart Group Evaluation lets selected Smart Groups evaluate on a shorter interval than n...
Understanding FileWave Clients, Groups, and Smart Groups
Client operations The FileWave Client needs to be installed on computers that you want to manage ...
Configuring Inventory preferences
The Inventory tab in FileWave Central Admin Preferences controls inventory polling for Apple MDM-...
Smart Group Preview
What When creating a smart group based on an inventory query, the number of results in the query...
Using Queries to create Smart Groups
Outside of creating queries for informational purposes, FileWave can help you create powerful, dy...
Duplicating Smart Groups
What Prior to version 14 of FileWave, creation of similar smart groups could be quite tedious. ...